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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

Elementum

Many OEM’s use labor organizations to source laborers because it is cheaper and more efficient; however, by doing so they run the risk of employing forced laborers in the process. In the United States, the conscious use of forced labor is explicitly banned.

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Happy Diwali 2022

Enterra Insights

.”[1] Diwali is a national holiday celebrated throughout India, Singapore, and several other South Asian countries and Asian immigrants have introduced this joyous celebration to people in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and elsewhere around the globe who now regularly celebrate Diwali with them. ”[2].

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Illegal sourcing: Suppliers offer goods or services misrepresented or produced illegally or immorally, whether because of materials used (such as the substitution of horsemeat for beef) or the labour conditions in which production takes place (notably in the garment industry). This may or may not be accompanied by a menace.

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Sustainability, Consumption and Realistic Expectations

QAD

In many affluent areas of the United States, you’ll often see garages overflowing with so much stuff that there’s no room for the family cars. In 1950, the average size of a new home in the United States was 983 square feet. Source: The Globe and Mail. Nepal created the least at.007 Growing Home Sizes.

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Sustainability, Consumption and Realistic Expectations

QAD

In many affluent areas of the United States, you’ll often see garages overflowing with so much stuff that there’s no room for the family cars. In 1950, the average size of a new home in the United States was 983 square feet. Source: The Globe and Mail. Nepal created the least at.007 Growing Home Sizes.

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Is Logistics Outsourcing Right for Your Company?

Supply Chain Movement

From local truck transportation to global supply chain management systems, from produce sourcing to consulting based on practical experience to outsourcing, C.H. Micronesia, Federated States of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP). Micronesia, Federated States of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. Mauritania. Montenegro.